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Austria - BirdLife Austria
BirdLife Partner
Founded in 1953
Members: 3000
Staff: 10
office@birdlife.at
Members: 3000
Staff: 10
Museumsplatz 1/10/8, Wien, AT, AT-1070
Tel. +43 1 523 46 51; Fax +43 1 523 46 51 50office@birdlife.at
Mission of the organisation
To ensure the conservation of Austria's birdlife. This shall be achieved by:
- Conducting of scientific studies
- Conservation work on a scientifically sound basis
- Dissemination of information on birds to the wider public
Key Activities
- Species conservation programs (eg Corncrake, White Stork, Scops Owl, Stone Curlew etc.)
- Promotion of IBAs and lobby work for their designation as SPAs
- Work for sites under current threat
- Monitoring of common breeding birds
- Special monitoring schemes (eg White Stork, waterfowl, several rare resp. localised species)
- Regional and national mapping projects (currently for the provinces of Carinthia and Upper Austria)
- Research program on birds as indicators for sustainable land use
- Media work
- Information on popular issues (bird feeding, garden birds etc.)
- Excursions and lectures for our members
- Advocacy work with national and regional governments and institutions
- Publication of recent results of research, conservation and birdwatching.
